Dear Anesthesia & Pain Management Insider, Researchers from Scotland found a significant drop in dental care visits after children in the U.K. underwent general anesthesia for dental procedures in a ...

This is NOVA Dental Anesthesia. If the thought of going to the dentist makes you nervous, you are not alone. About 75% of adults have some type of anxiety about sitting down in the dentist’s treatment ...

Evelin Boyd, 2, of Ceres was denied authorization for general anesthesia dentistry for severe cavities. She is shown at her home Friday. Salida Surgery Center performed the procedures for Boyd at a ...

When your child goes to the dentist to have teeth pulled or cavities treated, they sometimes need to be put to sleep. But in rare cases this type of sedation can be dangerous or even deadly for ...

Sam Pate, left, and Virginia Augsbery perform dental work on a child at Salida Surgery Center earlier this month. Joan Barnett Lee jlee@modbee.com The state has proposed guidelines for the use of ...

Around 10 to 30 percent of people have anxiety and concerns about pain with dental procedures. Anxiety can delay getting treatment and that can make the problem worse. Anesthetics have been around for ...